"Cheaper
options than HS2 for solving overcrowding on the railways have not been
reviewed according to Lords Economic Affairs Committee."

“Commenting on the report, the committee's chairman Lord Hollick said:
"At £50 billion, HS2 will be one of the most expensive infrastructure
projects ever undertaken in the UK but the Government have not yet made a
convincing case for why it is necessary.”

The Government has not made a convincing case for HS2.
It must do so before Parliament passes the Bill to enable the construction of the first stage of the railway to begin. This is the conclusion of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee, in a report published today.

JMC: Now the Internet path is gathering pace worldwide, many
people will be able to work from home cutting out the need to get to far away work
places every day.

JMC: BRITISH IN HOUSE COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENTS

Are not providing honest solutions to people’s problems. The reasons are
obvious.

The British political, legal, financial, NHS, county councils, landlords, racecourse
and horseracing governments, are letting the British people down every day big
time who allowed the likes of this to happen in the first place? And who has allowed this to go on for so long?

"Barry Geraghty faces missing the rest of the season after suffering a
hairline fracture to his left tibia in a fall at Downpatrick on Sunday.

"The 35-year-old was hurt after a crashing fall two out aboard the Edward
O’Grady-trained Sailors Warn in a hurdle race.

"It was initially thought he had avoided serious injury but the fracture
was last night confirmed after X-rays in a Dublin hospital. He faces up to
eight weeks on the sidelines and will miss next month’s lucrative three-day
Grand National meeting at Aintree.

"Geraghty has ridden in the National every year since 2000, winning it in ...

Two-time Irish Champion jockey expects to be back in time
for Punchestown

Jockey Davy Russell
is expected to be back in action in time for the Punchestown festival at the
end of April after breaking an elbow in a bad fall at Gowran Park.

There were
initial fears that the two-time Irish champion jockey had also broken a leg
after the fall from front-runner Feenakilmeedy in the Brian Cody
& www.aclsurgery.ie Mares Beginners Chase.

Russell was
attended to at the track before being taken to St Luke’s Accident and Emergency
in Kilkenny for treatment.

Turf Club
chief medical officer Dr Adrian McGoldrick told the Racing Post: “Davy has
fractured his ulna [elbow]and will have surgery on Monday. He will be out of
action for four to six weeks, but should be back in time for the Punchestown
festival at the end of next month.”

Russell
later tweeted: “Thanks for all the kind messages not as bad as first feared”.

Shuilamach
was also brought down in the incident while Shaunas Dream was another to come
to grief at the same obstacle.

Clerk of the
course Paddy Graffin
said: “Basically it was Davy who brought down the other horse (Shuilamach) and
he took the full brunt of a horse travelling at over 30 miles an hour.

JMC: Mares Beginners Chase. In all these types of races Novice and Chase Beginners Races these racehorses all have so much to learn about racing over these big chase fences, at racing pace, with many other racehorse competitors all around them learning same. Government regulators don't bother to take account of any of these highly dangerous key facts. Government not fit for purpose, out of touch with the true and highly dangerous reality of partnering a novice racehorse in a novice beginners chase.